Holder for shoes.



No. 64!,928. Patented Jan. 23, 1900. E. R. BOWIE. HOLDER FOB SHOES.

(Application fi ed June 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

EDWIN R. BOWIE, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,928, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed June 14,1399.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWIN R.BOWIE,of New Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Holder forShoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation,partly in section, of a holder for shoes embodying my in vention. Fig. 2is a top plan view of the holder shown in Fig. 1 with the fore-partpiece removed. My invention relates toholders for shoes, and is animprovement on the holder shown and described in an application forLetters Patent filed by myself and William S. Bowie as joint inventorsJuly 15, 1898, Serial No. 685,980, in which the holder consists,essentially, of two disconnected pieces a fore-part piece and aheel-piece--the former resting at its lower end on the latter. A leveris also provided, which is located between the upper ends of saidfore-part piece and heel-piece, by means of which they may be forcedapart or separated to distend the shoe, and a spring is provided whichacts or presses on the lever when the latter is in its operativeposition to yieldingly hold or support the parts in theirrelatively-separated positions when a shoe is on the holder. Thisfeature of yieldingly holding or supporting the fore-part piece andheel-piece in their relatively-separated positions when a shoe is on theholder is objectionable in that the shoe is not rigidly distended andsupported while it is being operated upon; and my present inventionconsists in substituting for the spring embodied in the constructionshown in the application above noted means for locking the fore-partpiece and heel-piece in their relatively-separated positions to therebyrigidly hold the parts separated when a shoe is on the holder. In thedrawings illustrating my invention, A is the heel-piece, which is shapedto distend the heel portion of the upper and formed with aforwardly-projecting extension along the inner sole, toward the toe, onwhich rests the lower end of the fore-part piece B. The fore- Serlal No.720,453. (No model.)

part piece B is shaped to distend the fore part of the upper and adaptedto slide upon the forward extension of the heel-piece. The fore part Bis provided with the rearwardly extending tongue b and with rib b',andwhen the holder is in position in the shoe the tongue 1) engages thetoothed lever a, pivoted to heelpiece A, and rib h is between ears 0. onthe forward extension of said heel-piece.

The main feature of this invention is the toothed bar a, which is hereinshown as piv oted to lever a, and the teeth of said bar rest on andengage the upper end of the heel piece A.

When a shoe is placed on the holder and the lever 0. swung forward onits fulcrum to slide the fore-part piece forward on the forwardextension of the heel-piece in order to distend the shoe, the toothedbar is also drawn forward, and when the lover a has reached the limit ofits forward movement it will be locked in that position by reason of theengagement of the said toothed bar with the upper end of the heel-piece.

It is obvious that the toothed bar a may be pivoted to the upper end ofthe heel-piece B and have its teeth in engagement with the lever awithout departing from the principle of my invention.

What I claim as my invention is- A holder for shoes consisting of twoseparate and disconnected parts comprising a heelpiece shaped to distendthe heel portion of the upper having a forwardly-projecting extensionalong the inner sole toward the toe, anda fore-part piece shaped todistend the fore part of the upper resting and sliding at its lower endon the forward extension of the heel-piece, a lever interposed betweenthe upper ends of said heel and fore part pieces for positively slidingsaid pieces apart to distend the shoe and means for locking said'le- Verin its operative position substantially as described.

EDWIN R. BOWIE. Witnesses:

LEMUEL D. ADAMS, J AMEs L. WILBER.

